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The Long Excuse

The Long Excuse

6.7(32 votes)
2016
2h 4m
Drama

A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.

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Companies:
AOI Pro.
BUN-BUKU

Languages

Original:ja
Spoken:
Japanese

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